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- Jon Snow: "What's my name?"
- Samwell Tarly: "Jon Snow."
- Jon Snow: "And why is my surname 'Snow'?"
- Samwell Tarly: "...Because you're a bastard from the North."
- — Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly[src]
The term bastard refers to anyone born out of wedlock. In the Seven Kingdoms, there is considerable social stigma attached to being a bastard. The Faith of the Seven and that of the Old Gods of the Forest have rules against bastardy.
Legal and social status
Lack of inheritance and discrimination
Bastards are not allowed to inherit their father's lands or titles, and have no claims to the privileges of their father's House. It is up to their father on how to raise or treat them: at worst they are unacknowledged and ignored, though they may fare better and be discreetly sent funds to ensure their well-being. At best, a lord will acknowledge his bastard children (allowing them to take on one of the special bastard surnames), but send them away to one of his distant castles to be raised away from his lawful family. For bastard children to be raised by their father in his own castle alongside his trueborn children is considered extremely unusual.
Faced with no prospects for inheritance, many noble-born bastards, even acknowledged ones, ultimately join the Night's Watch to seek fame and glory. The Night's Watch is much more egalitarian than the other institutions of Westeros, and at the Wall a man is given what he earns. Bastards who join the Night's Watch can rise to become high-ranking officers and commanders. Similarly, bastards may also take up the life of knighthood in the hope of being granted a place at a lord's household and even lands and titles for services to their liege lords. In this way a bastard may become the founder of a noble house.
There is no outright law punishing noble men or women for having bastard children, instead it is considered a social and religious disgrace.
It is possible for the king to legitimize a lord's bastard children, though this special dispensation is difficult to acquire and infrequently happens. It will usually only be granted if a lord has no other legitimate children (or no male children) to carry on the name of his house. However, the social stigma is not automatically removed after the bastard is formally legitimized.
Bastards in Dorne
Due to its unique history and culture, bastards are not looked down upon in Dorne the way they are in the rest of the Seven Kingdoms. The present-day Dornishmen descend from the Rhoynar people who migrated to Westeros a thousand years ago, whose possessed an urban culture based around city-states along the Rhoyne River in Essos. The culture they passed down to the present-day Dornishmen has relatively relaxed attitudes towards sexual matters. While the Rhoynar who came to Dorne did convert to the Faith of the Seven, they basically just ignored the rules they didn't like, and follow the religion much less strictly than other parts of Westeros. Many Dornish lords have formalized mistresses known as paramours, and they do not possess the same stigma against homosexual behavior that the rest of Westeros does.
These relaxed sexual mores in Dorne extend to bastard children. The Dornish feel that bastards are born of passion and love, and thus would not disdain a child for such a parentage. While it is rare and scandalous for a lord from outside of Dorne to raise his bastard child in his home castle alongside his trueborn children (i.e. as Eddard Stark did with Jon Snow), it is actually commonplace in Dorne to see bastards living at the court of their noble parents. The Dornish are also much more likely to acknowledge any bastard children in the first place: they would consider it cruel for a lord to abandon his own flesh and blood, as King Robert Baratheon ignored the many bastard children he fathered over the years (such as Gendry). Because Dornish culture holds little if any stigma against bastards, it is not unusual to see bastards work their way up to important social or court positions there, holding castles or leading armies for their families.
Bastards in Dorne still face a few restrictions, but they are relatively minor compared to the social contempt that bastards in the rest of the Seven Kingdoms often face. Bastards in Dorne must still use the special bastard surname "Sand", and they are less likely to inherit from their parents. While Jon Snow was roughly the same age as his father's eldest trueborn son, Robb Stark, he was still shooed outside during the great feast at Winterfell, rather than potentially offend King Robert by seating a bastard at the main table. The Dornish, in contrast, feel that an older bastard does have a place within the family and is not shameful, but a bastard child is treated somewhat like a younger child in order of inheritance. For example, if the Starks lived in Dorne, Jon Snow would be treated as a younger brother behind even Rickon in the line of succession (or possibly behind even Arya), but otherwise, he would be treated as a full member of the family.
Another minor stigma against bastards in Dorne is that it is still seen as marrying beneath one's station for a powerful lord to marry a noble-born bastard. This is often simply due to the practical reason that a bastard cannot inherit, and thus the marriage would not bring with it any new wealth or lands. This stigma is somewhat like if a nobleman married a daughter from another House who was trueborn, but who was also the fifth youngest of five daughters, and thus a very poor match. Ellaria Sand is an acknowledged bastard of House Uller, one of the more powerful noble families in Dorne. Even in the relaxed social mores of Dorne, however, it would still have been marrying beneath his station for Prince Oberyn Martell (younger brother of the ruler of Dorne) to wed Ellaria. While Oberyn could not marry Ellaria, he simply made her his formal paramour, his wife in all but name.
The stigma of illegitimacy is so great, that all bastards born to noble Houses in Westeros have to identify themselves through a specific surname marking them as a bastard, which varies by region:
- Flowers: The Reach
- Hill: The Westerlands
- Pyke: Iron Islands
- Rivers: The Riverlands
- Sand: Dorne
- Snow: The North
- Stone: The Vale of Arryn
- Storm: The Stormlands
- Waters: The Crownlands
However, this system does not apply to the bastards of smallfolk: at least one parent (usually, but not always, the father) has to be a member of a noble House. If both the father and mother are commoners, the child cannot use the special surname.
The low-born commoners of Westeros do not actually use surnames at all. Therefore, possessing a bastard surname is simultaneously a mark of distinction and badge of shame. Anyone who encounters someone with a bastard surname will immediately know that they are not simply a bastard, but the bastard child of a noble.Bastards only use the special surnames if they have been openly acknowledged by their noble-born parent. In such cases, their noble parent will usually try to make sure that they are well cared for, or send money for their support, but it is extremely unusual for a noble to raise their bastard child in their own household.
There is no official distinction between bastards who have one noble-born parent, and those whose parents are both noble-born. In practice, however, a nobleman would be much more likely to acknowledge a bastard child born to a noble lady, than he would a child born to a commoner.
Bastard surnames are dependent on the region a child was born in, i.e. where the mother is from, not where the father is from. For example, a noble lord from the Stormlands could father one bastard child in the Vale, and another in the Riverlands, but neither would use the surname "Storm": the first bastard would use the surname "Stone", and the second would use the surname "Rivers." It is extremely unusual for a bastard to know who his nobleman father is, but not his mother. Therefore Jon Snow's situation is additionally unusual, not just because he actually lives with his nobleman father, but because he probably wasn't even born in the North. Eddard Stark brought him back to Winterfell as an infant after fighting in the south during Robert's Rebellion, but refused to say who his mother was or where she came from. As a result of the mystery surrounding his mother's identity, Jon ended up using the surname "Snow" by default.
Bastard children of a noble lord may be referred to politely as "natural children", though the less polite term "baseborn" is more commonly used, and they are often bluntly and rudely referred to as simply "bastard." In contrast, a noble lord's children with his lawfully married wife are termed "trueborn." Thus when Lord Eddard Stark discovers that none of Cersei Lannister's children were fathered by her husband King Robert Baratheon, he says that King Robert "has no trueborn sons," even though he knows that Robert has several "baseborn," bastard children.[1]
Known bastards
The North
- Jon Snow, the bastard son of Lord Eddard Stark, allegedly with a serving girl named Wylla. Sarcastically called "Lord Snow".
- Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Lord Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort.
The Iron Islands
- Cotter Pyke, commander of Eastwatch, one of the three castles manned by the Night's Watch.
The Riverlands
- Ser Walder Rivers, a bastard son of Lord Walder Frey and a milkmaid.
The Crownlands
- {Daemon Blackfyre}, legitimized bastard son of King Aegon IV Targaryen, who lived over a hundred years before Robert's Rebellion.
The Reach
- {Jafer Flowers}, a ranger of the Night's Watch who accompanied Benjen Stark on a mission, was killed and returned as a wight before being destroyed.
- Ellaria Sand, a bastard of House Uller and Prince Oberyn Martell's paramour.
Unacknowledged bastards
- Gendry, a blacksmith's apprentice in King's Landing, one of several bastard sons of King Robert Baratheon. Because Robert never acknowledged Gendry, he does not use the bastard surname "Waters."
- {Barra}, another of King Robert's bastards. Killed by Janos Slynt during the purge of Robert's bastards.
- King Joffrey Baratheon, generally believed to be the son of Robert Baratheon and Cersei Lannister, he is actually the son of Jaime Lannister and Cersei, making him not only a bastard, but a bastard born of incest.
- Princess Myrcella Baratheon, Jaime and Cersei's second child.
- Prince Tommen Baratheon, Jaime and Cersei's third child.
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the status of being a bastard is a considerable social disgrace amongst the nobility, though less so amongst the smallfolk. However, whilst bastards are disadvantaged, they still have means to climb the social ladder. They may win honor and glory in battle and be knighted. If they do great deeds in service to the king or a noble lord, they can even receive a bill of legitimacy, allowing them to take their father's surname and formally join his House, or to take a new surname and found a new House (some bastards take new names altogether, like "Blackfyre", while others add a prefix to their bastard name, such as "Longwaters"). For example, House Baratheon was founded by the legitimized bastard half-brother of Aegon the Conqueror.
However, while bastards stand outside the lines of succession and inheritance, there are still exceptions which have caused immense problems. King Aegon IV Targaryen legitmized three of his bastard sons and one of his bastard daughters on his deathbed. His eldest bastard son, Daemon Blackfyre, later claimed the Iron Throne and led a bloody civil war known as the First Blackfyre Rebellion . His sons and descendants launched four more attempts to take the Iron Throne before their final claimant, Maelys the Monstrous, was slain by Ser Barristan Selmy during the War of the Ninepenny Kings . This is sometimes used as an example of what happens if a bastard is treated too well and given too much power and legitimacy.
There is no official distinction between bastards who have one noble-born parent, and those whose parents are both noble-born. In practice, however, a nobleman would be much more likely to acknowledge a bastard child born to a noble lady, than he would a child born to a commoner. For example, while Robert Baratheon is rumored to have fathered over a dozen bastard children, the only one who he acknowledged in the books was Edric Storm, because his mother was a noblewoman, Delena of House Florent - the younger first cousin of Selyse Florent, the wife of Robert's younger brother Stannis.
Fans sometimes derisively assume that "Joffrey Baratheon" should really be called "Joffrey Lannister", because of his status as the bastard offspring of the incestuous relationship between Cersei Lannister and Jaime Lannister, and not the son of King Robert Baratheon at all. This is actually in error, as according to the customs of bastardy, Joffrey doesn't even have the right to use the surname "Lannister". As Jaime's bastard son, given birth to by a woman from the Westerlands (Cersei), Joffrey would have to use the bastard surname for the Westerlands: "Joffrey Hill". There's also the possibility that he might be called "Joffrey Waters" given that both Jaime and Cersei had been living in the Crownlands for many years, and Joffrey lived his whole life there. All of this, of course, would only happen if Jaime were to openly acknowledge Joffrey as his son, which is an impossibility given the disastrous political fallout this would create. Further, as the product of not merely bastardy, but incest, the Faith of the Seven would want to outright kill Joffrey as an abomination before the gods if his actual parentage were ever revealed. Therefore from a strict legal standpoint, given that Jaime will never acknowledge his children with Cersei, Joffrey has no right to any surname, and should properly just be called "Joffrey" as if he were a lowborn commoner.


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Some historians speculate that April Fool's Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
People who were slow to get the news failed to realize that the start of the New Year had moved to Jan. 1. They continued to celebrate the New Year from the last week of March through April 1 — becoming the butt of jokes. This included having paper fish placed on their backs and being called "poisson d'avril" (April fish) — meaning a young, easily caught fish, i.e., a gullible person.
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There's also speculation that April Fool's Day was tied to the vernal equinox, or the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with unpredictable weather.
April Fools' Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th century. In Scotland, the tradition was a two-day event that began with "hunting the gowk" ("gowk" being the word for cuckoo bird, which was the symbol for fool), in which people were sent on phony errands. This was followed by Tailie Day, when people played pranks on one another, such as like pinning fake tails or "kick me" signs on people's backs.
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Back in the late '90s while in grad school studying history, Alex Boese began combing through old newspapers to compile what is now The Top 100 Greatest April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time (online at Boese's Museum of Hoaxes).
While the list has seen a few changes over the years, Boese has his favorites, including No. 3, "Instant Color T."
In 1962, there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. But on April 1, 1962, the station's technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do was pull a nylon stocking over the TV screen. Stensson proceeded to demonstrate the process. Thousands of people were taken in. Regular color broadcasts didn't commence in Sweden until April 1, 1970.
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In 1949, Phil Shone, a New Zealand DJ for radio station 1ZB, announced to his listeners that a mile-wide wasp swarm was headed towards Auckland. He urged them to take a variety of steps to protect themselves and their homes from the winged menace. For instance, he suggested that they wear their socks over their trousers when they left for work, and that they leave honey-smeared traps outside their doors. Hundreds of people dutifully heeded his advice, until he finally admitted that it had all been a joke.
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The original article, which was intended as a parody of legislative attempts to circumscribe the teaching of evolution, was written by physicist Mark Boslough.
"To me, the best April Fool's jokes are when you not only make people believe something, but you actually get them to do something," Boese said. "It's all meant to be mischievous fun, but some people can get out of hand and become almost aggressive — that's not what April Fool's is all about. It's supposed to be a way to diffuse tension through laughter."
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Debbi Weldon of Anniston wasn't amused when her 8-year-old grandson called while she was at the store to tell her he'd caught a "huge catfish." Afraid it was going to die, he brought it home and put it in the bathtub.
"I have never left a store so fast in my life," Weldon said. "I was livid till I got home and realized I had been pranked."
The ominous telegram
Local tattoo artist Brooke Hunter was a college student in a "certain city in Iowa" when some of her friends sent an ominous telegram to some city officials warning, "All is discovered. Flee." No fewer than four of them left town, Hunter said.
The preacher and the fool
Woodfin Grove, pastor emeritus of Anniston's First United Methodist Church, keeps in the spirit of April Fool's with a joke only a preacher could tell: "An atheist hired a hotshot lawyer and brought suit because atheist did not have a designated 'Day,'" Grove said. "The judge heard the opening plea and said, 'Case dismissed.' 'On what grounds?' the plaintiff asked. 'The judge replied, 'You already have your designated day — April 1st.'"
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Top April Fool's Day hoaxes
From a list of the Top 100 Greatest April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time, compiled by Alex Boese at the online Museum of Hoaxes.
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
On April 1, 1957, the respected BBC news show "Panorama" announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers of viewers were taken in. Many called the BBC wanting to know how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC diplomatically replied, "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."
Sidd Finch
The April 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated contained a story about a new rookie pitcher who planned to play for the Mets. His name was Sidd Finch, and he could reportedly throw a baseball at 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy. This was 65 mph faster than the previous record.
Surprisingly, Sidd Finch had never even played the game before. Instead, he had mastered the "art of the pitch" in a Tibetan monastery under the guidance of the "great poet-saint Lama Milaraspa." Mets fans celebrated their teams' amazing luck at having found such a gifted player, and they flooded Sports Illustrated with requests for more information.
In reality this legendary player only existed in the imagination of the author of the article, George Plimpton, who left a clue in the sub-heading of the article: "He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yoga —and his future in baseball." The first letter of each of these words, taken together, spelled "H-a-p-p-y A-p-r-i-l F-o-o-l-s D-a-y — A-h F-i-b".
The Taco Liberty Bell
The Taco Bell Corporation took out a full-page ad that appeared in six major newspapers on April 1, 1996, announcing it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Hundreds of outraged citizens called the National Historic Park in Philadelphia where the bell was housed to express their anger. Their nerves were only calmed when Taco Bell revealed, a few hours later, that it was all a practical joke. The best line of the day came when White House press secretary Mike McCurry was asked about the sale. Thinking on his feet, he responded that the Lincoln Memorial had also been sold. It would now be known, he said, as the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial.
San Serriffe
On April 1, 1977, the British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-page supplement devoted to San Serriffe, a small republic said to consist of several semi-colon-shaped islands located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica. The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Only a few noticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology. The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm for April Foolery that gripped the British tabloids in subsequent decades.
Nixon for President
The April 1, 1992 broadcast of National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" revealed that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for president again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." Accompanying this announcement were audio clips of Nixon delivering his candidacy speech. Listeners responded viscerally to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and outrage. Only during the second half of the show did host John Hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon's voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little.
The Left-Handed Whopper
Burger King published a full page advertisement in the April 1st edition of USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers
The April 1995 issue of Discover Magazine reported that the highly respected wildlife biologist Dr. Aprile Pazzo had found a new species in Antarctica: the hotheaded naked ice borer. These fascinating creatures had bony plates on their heads that, fed by numerous blood vessels, could become burning hot, allowing the animals to bore through ice at high speeds. They used this ability to hunt penguins, melting the ice beneath the penguins and causing them to sink downwards into the resulting slush where the hotheads consumed them. After much research, Dr. Pazzo theorized that the hotheads might have been responsible for the mysterious disappearance of noted Antarctic explorer Philippe Poisson in 1837. "To the ice borers, he would have looked like a penguin," the article quoted her as saying. Discover received more mail in response to this article than they had received for any other article in their history.


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- Per the BSA: "You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject." Pamphlets (books) are at local Scout Shops and online at ScoutStuff.org.
- "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
- The Backpacking Merit Badge requirements were updated in 2008.
- The BSA Backpacking Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Backpacking as one of your monthly themes.
Requirement resources
1. First Aid: Hypothermia - Heat Reactions - Sun Protection - Frostbite - Dehydration - Insect Stings - Insect Protection - Tick Bites - Snakebite - Blisters
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Physcial
2a. Here are the Outdoor Checklists including the 10 Essentials.
2b. Reducing Weight: Backpacks - Backpacking Stoves - Backpacking Food - Backpacking Gear - Water Purification - Clothing - Sleeping Bags - Pads - Tents and other Outdoor_Gear
3. Outdoor Safety
4a. Outdoor_Skills#Outdoor_Leave_No_Trace
4b. Hygiene - Food Handling have a number of resources and videos.
4c. Campsite resources and videos.
5a. Water Purification
5b. Hydration
6a. Topographic_Maps
6b. Map and Compass - GPS - Topographic Maps
6c. Lost includes many resources and videos including how to stay found.
7. Cold Weather - Warm Weather - Wet Weather
8. Backpacking Stoves resources and videos.
8c. Outdoor Cooking
8d. Cooking Gear - Food Storage
9a. The Backpacking planning form is in the Backpacking Worksheet.
9b. Packing a Backpack resources and videos for one night to a week+.
9c. Shouldering a Pack including all major adjustment - resources and videos.
9d. See the Outdoor Checklists and Shouldering a Pack for adjustments.
10. Leave No Trace - Outdoor Code
- The forms are in the Backpacking Worksheet.
11. The forms are in the Backpacking Worksheet.
11b. Leave No Trace - Service Projects
11c. The forms are in the Backpacking Worksheet.
Related awards
- Outdoor Skills Awards
Outdoor-related awards
- Boy Scout ranks: Tenderfoot - Second Class - First Class
- Boy Scout awards: Firem'n Chit - Totin' Chip - Paul Bunyan Woodsman
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Astronomy - Backpacking - Camping - Canoeing - Climbing - Cooking - Cycling - Fire Safety - Hiking - Orienteering - Pioneering - Rowing - Weather - Water Sports - Whitewater - Wilderness Survival
- Venturing: Outdoor Bronze Award; Ranger Award electives: Backpacking
- Webelos Activity Badges: Forester - Naturalist - Outdoorsman
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Astronomy - Map and Compass - Weather
See also
General Merit Badge information
- An Introduction to Merit Badges – how to get started, who chooses the counselor, etc.
- Merit Badge Worksheets & Requirements – with the revision dates, diagrams, charts, checklists, logs, and links you need.
- Merit Badge Application – offers online resources to let you print "Blue Cards," etc.
- Merit Badge FAQ – answers dozens of questions like: Who can be a counselor? Can requirements be added or removed?
- Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval – Certain requirements need prior approval. Most do not. Here is the list.
- Also see: List of how many boys have earned each Merit Badge – Merit Badge policies – Merit badges required for the Eagle Scout rank – Merit Badge Days
- Additionally: List of Merit Badges by Field of Study – Merit Badge Pamphlets & Libraries
- Merit Badge Counselors must complete Youth Protection Training, file an Adult Application (and Merit Badge Counselor Information Form); and be approved by the local council. (See the Guide for Merit Badge Counselors for additional details.)


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Sanctimony, sanctimoney, and sanctimoany…
A little over 100 years ago American writer Henry Adams mused that "morality is a private and costly luxury". Today is has become a cheap, public staple.
The national obsession with the level of contrition showed by Alan Jones for his extreme rhetoric at a political speech in September; shrill accusations of misogyny, along with revelations of hurt feelings, hurled at the Leader of the opposition by the Prime Minister are part of a trend toward public outpourings of sanctimony.
If the price of a good or service falls, people typically buy more. That iron law of economics applies equally to moral outrage, expressions of which have always involved forgoing alternatives. Rather than spend an hour writing a letter to the editor of a newspaper people would simply forget and move on. Time is money.
Demand has not shifted. People have not suddenly become more inclined to moralise – science and technology have only altered the means, not the ends, of human behaviour – but the cost of supplying moral outrage has collapsed.
Economic growth since the industrial revolution has been chipping away at the cost of production by giving people the technology and time to express themselves. But development of the internet, and in particular the spread of social media, have utterly felled it. Moral outrage is only a mouse-click or a 'text message' away.
Of course the internet and social media have improved life dramatically but they also have profoundly insidious consequences for the quality of public debate and the conduct of business.
Moral outrage crowds out debate on far more pressing matters. In the past fortnight alone more than 5 per cent of the year's news has been dominated by the Alan Jones saga. Yesterday, whether or not some politicians condemned a joke by a comedian dominated national debate.
More pressing issues, even moral ones, are shunted aside. Why debate the justification for taxing poor workers to give a welfare handout for well-off couple to buy a house, for example, when one can agonise over whether the opposition leader hates women and hurt the prime minister's feelings?
Enacting serious economic reform will become much harder as aggrieved parties marshal social media to mount campaigns against change, however worthwhile it may be. The risk of provoking a campaign in the first place will dampen the candour of public debate.
Big companies will tread especially carefully to avoid giving offence to anyone, which will ultimately push up their costs as they spend more on market research to work out which groups might take offence. They will need to develop costly marketing schemes that cater to the moral vanity of customers.
If financial damage is done to enough companies over time, the value of the entire stock market will wane, as the risk of investing increases. Nothing is without cost, even emotion writ large.
As the payments system develops to enable immediate transfer of funds from our mobile phones, causes based on sanctimonious rage, for instance, will more easily be able to attract funds, boosting their impact even further.
In the 19th century American economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term 'conspicuous consumption', partly to mock Americans' use of possessions to flaunt their social status. But free markets have so successfully slashed the price of physical luxuries they no longer serve that purpose so well.
Conspicuous compassion is becoming the norm. Emotion of all sorts – not only sanctimony – is taking the place of reason in public debate, feelings are taking precedence over fact.
Free markets should hold these forces in check, but the profusion of government regulations, purportedly for the wellbeing of the ordinary person, has entrenched the belief that any misfortune is someone else's fault. They have bolstered the notion that every mistake and intemperate comment deserves peremptory and relentless sanction by all and sundry.
English author CS Lewis wrote in 1965 that he preferred morality over moral earnestness: "I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards".
Australia desperately needs more airing of such views.
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Bob Real says:
Let moderation and common sense reign. Are some unpleasant, insensitive comments at a private function such a big deal? Or are they being used to distract us from more important issues?
Mahhrat says:
Reddit has a thing called "Comment Karma", the sum total of all your 'upvotes" (those who like your post), and "downvotes" (well, duh).
There are any number of people who not only troll for both (depending on what they want), but another group who go around very loudly proclaiming that they don't care.
You know what? I love getting upvotes. I like putting opinions out and about - here is no exception - and seeing what people think. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I get it wrong. It's all good.
What's important though, is that sometimes it makes me rethink my position.
I think it's that last bit we often forget to do in our "moral outrage" (which I'm as guilty of as anyone). The problem isn't emotional responses, or conspicuous compassion (I like that term). The problem is the same as it's always been: bloody close-mindedness.
Always be prepared to be wrong, and don't shoot down people happy to admit when they are.
SAm says:
Politicians have better things to do than play tit for tat, so yes they need to shut up and get on with actual debate and policy. BOTH of them.
The rest of us are of course able to be 'outraged' at that sorry little man, so dont go and say we should just get over it. He hasnt learnt a lesson and wont if we give up now.
PS Im really loving not listening to 2GB! I used to get angry before work, now I start the day kind of happy!
acotrel says:
It is not sanctimony to respond to Alan Jones's constant barrage of poisonous crap when such a golden opportunity arises. Are you claiming that he is not a deserving case to receive a good burst of flak ?
Craig says:
I think the conduct of the opposition leader - potentially our next PM - towards the female majority in Australia matters very much.
It affects far more Australians than most other issues and the wages gap, rates of violence and cost of medical care (physical and mental) related to this discrimination is one of the largest costs and strains on Australians.
So, as a father of a daughter, a husband, a son & someone who has friends, family, colleagues and had bosses and subordinates who are women - many of whom have a burden that I as a male don't face, that cuts their happiness, well-being and security levels, as an employer who find that women add costs to business due to the need for additional security, counselling and support because of abusive males, I think the position of the Opposition leader towards women matters very, very much.
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What concerns me is not what this pathetic excuse of a man says (AJ) but that many Australians believe him. Many grumpy Baby Boomers out there. Get off the disability pension and get back to work !!!!! NOW
Bertrand says:
"Why debate the justification for taxing poor workers to give a welfare handout for well-off couple to buy a house, for example, when one can agonise over whether the opposition leader hates women and hurt the prime minister's feelings? "
Well, for one, both parties agree on the first homebuyers grant, terrible policy that it is. There wouldn't be much debate going on.
As Economist (I think it was him) said on a previous thread, perhaps part of the reason so much focus is being put on personality and sanctimony is that there is really actually very little distinguishing the two parties, so they need to use this stuff to manufacture the idea that there is a yawning chasm between the two of them.
Rosie says:
If the PM, person holding the highest position in the land is offended by every criticism put forward for her incapability to do the job well it is no surprise a war of sexism and misogyny has developed. "Speak sanctimoniously first, then we say the wrong thing, apologize, justify and all is good." It would be good if we could leave it at that but no because this Govt is relying on personal attacks and grubby deals they then try to make political mileage out of it.
By the way, the the crude filthy joke about Abbott and his chief of staff must be worse than the Allan Jones offensive remarks and former Parliamentary Speaker's sexist misogynistic text messages, no sane person is game enough to publish! I really would like to know, compare and judge for myself. The nation's PM, her Deputy who happens to be the nation's Treasurer declaring that their opponent, Opposition leader is a misogynist and a sexist makes it fair in love and war. Nicola Roxon female AG has also given the nation the green light when she said it is fair game!
Govt's responsibility is not to start wars of sexism and misogyny and if they do should take responsibility to end it! The PM's outrageous speech was wrong place, wrong timing and nothing to do with what should have been debated! It was like she was acting in some kind of political feminist, sexist film.
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This term of Govt has been one dominated by provocative language initiated by Abbott. He lost the election and has been on the longest dummy spit in history.
Now I get it that people call Gillard a liar for her carbon tax. What i don't get is that people continue to rant about her "lie" repeating what Abbott says and claiming it will be a great day when he is elected and repeals the "tax".
None are questioning his policy. His use of the provocative language to stir emotions has deflected any questioning of his policies.
He continually talks down our economy and compares it to that of Greece etc. But no-one takes him to task, people have been conditioned to just accept what he says as truth and compared to Gillard because of the carbon tax 'lie'.
People need to read more than Abbott's press releases and the Liberal newssheet. The countires he keep comparing our economy to have things double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and mulit-BILLION dollar debt.
Australia has 5.4% unemployment, 1.7% inflation and a multi-MILLion dollar debt, and is the envy of the world. During the term of the Govt Aust has gone up in the world best economy stakes to be among the top ten. Not gone backwards as Abbott would have you believe.
he needs to be asked and quesioned and force to articulate his policies and for people to stop accepting his provocative comments as gospel.
SAm says:
I agree entirely although your debt figure is way off.
But your point remains, Abbott will get elected based on emotional rantings, not policy, unless someone actually tries to scrutinise him.
Example yesterday, whilst ranting on about a 'poor' pensioners electricity bill going up by 80% due to 'the carbon tax' it was found that 9% was due to the tax.
Enough bald faced exaggerations Tony and actually give us some alternative to consider.
Until then I will donkey vote (Labor doesnt deserve it for many reasons either)
Rosie says:
We here in Punch can debate the national debt, the economy, the unemployment, climate change, asylum seeker, health, education, sexism, etc etc until we are blue in the face - those in Canberra are only interested two things, the Govt whatever it takes to survive day by day and the Opposition to boot them out asap!
AdamC says:
Another interesting take on things from Adam Creighton. I agree with his comments and predictions for things to come.
Two of the most toxic aspect of the intersection of social media with moral sanctimony are that social media is instant and can create self-reinforcing communities of moral outrage. The ease with which people can join or engage with these communities (i.e, slacktivism) means matters can very easily, very quickly get totally out of control. Alan Jones is one of the more recent victim of this phenomenon.
Anna C says:
All politicians need to grow thicker skin. You are paid a hell of a lot of money compared to most people and do not have the right get offended at every bloody comment. We have bigger fish to fry than worrying about your hurt feelings. Get over it.
line says:
"If financial damage is done to enough companies over time, the value of the entire stock market will wane"
That's one very long bow to draw. Far more likely companies will be dragged kicking and screaming into half-decent corporate citizenship.
bill.schaffer@ says:
This is some kind of irony about the increasig irrelevance and blindness of newspaper pundits, isn't it? You couldn't possibly be trying to convince anyone that automatic self-righteousness and permanent indignation is not the modus operandi of Alan Jones himself. The man suffers from a kind of moral priapism that he vents in predictable directions across the soundscape on a daily basis. he's been doing it for decades. If you want irrelevant moral surveillance penetrating politics, look at people's private text messages being scrutinised in Parliament.. BTW, nice work subverting the News Ltd pay wall by publishing the same article under an even more stupid title here.
Bill Schaffer says:
Adam C, you don't think that traditional media create communities of moral outrage? What do you think Shock Jocks do for a living? They also regularly target individuals and organise expressions of outrage against corporations and institutions. They have a right to do so under the principle of free speech and others have a right to return the favour using the net. The author of this article is simply and transparently indulging in selective meta-moralising. Hope it makes him feel better as he slides into irrelevance.
Bill Schaffer says:
Adam, thanks for your temperate reply. Yes, the internet is full of flaming and trolls. However, why is it necessary to believe that Jones is the devil to want to respond to the way he has manipulated the national political agenda forr decades using his relatively marginal, but intensely focussed and loyal 'community of outrage'? His power is based purely on the perception that sponsors will benefit f from associating with his brand, and he has exploited that in every possible way. Why is it a worry that citizens are spontaneously using a less controlled medium to play the same game? It isn't even about morality, it is about power, profit, and political control.
Peter J. Pedant says:
Apologies for the pedantry…
"English author CS Lewis wrote in 1965…"
That would have been difficult for Mr Lewis considering he died in November 1963.
Peter J. Pedant says:
Apologies for the pedantry…
"English author CS Lewis wrote in 1965…"
That would have been difficult for Mr Lewis considering he died in November 1963.
ruru says:
Parliament needs to clean up its act.
My daughter is a Geo on a minesite, and their code of conduct is strict. No nonsense. If a male dominated mine site has more civility than the stoushes in Parliament something has to change.
Forget ' hardening up' the reality is the rules of behaviour need to be overhauled.
scaper... says:
Hey, that's me flying the flag at the Convoy Rally.
Wasn't aware that Jones was to be the MC or six bus loads of his supporters were turning up. If I knew prior I would have strongly reconsidered convoying.
Oh well…at least they left their witchy bitchy placards at home.
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"We use trees for gum, toilet paper, cardboard, toothpaste," Hannah said. "I never knew that."
Hannah was taking part in the environmental education program put on for the last three years by the U.S. Forest Service's Shoal Creek Ranger District in the Talladega National Forest. The district partnered with the Friends of Talladega Forest, the Jacksonville State University Field School, the Cleburne County Extension Service, the Heflin Volunteer Fire Department and Cleburne County Search and Rescue to put on the program, said Karen McKenzie, district ranger. Wednesday's session was the second of seven scheduled for June and July this year, she added.
Wednesday, the children were learning about plants at four activity stations – recycling, plant identification, a tree game and why plants are important.
Jimmy Triplett, an assistant professor at JSU, was teaching the children about plant identification as he led them along one of the trails. He pointed out poison ivy, Virginia creeper - which Triplett said many people mistake for poison ivy – New Jersey tea, muscadine, milkweed and blueberry bushes that were growing along the trail. He explained how we use the plants and how the different plants reproduce.
Back in Shakespeare's day, he told the children as he pointed out some ferns, people thought that because they never saw a flower or a seed on a fern, they must be invisible.
"And if you could find the flowers and seeds, you'd be invisible, too," Triplett said.
Today, people understand that the fern reproduces with spores, not flowers and seeds, he added.
Triplett said he volunteered for the program because he wanted to help the children on their way to being able to identifying the diverse plant life in Alabama.
"I want the kids to learn about the different types of plants and the different uses of plants," Triplett said.
McKenzie said that's what the program is all about - getting kids outside and learning about nature. She has heard time and again from parents who attend the program with their children that it's been years since they'd been to the park, McKenzie said.
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pyshop 0.9.12
A cheeseshop clone (PyPI server) written in pyramid
pyshop ====== Getting Started --------------- Pyshop is a private repository for python packages. The aim is to split private projects in distinct private packages and keep a setup.py clean and working, by declaring all dependencies, exactly as public packages on PyPI. Pyshop also proxies and caches packages from PyPI safely using SSL and checking server certificate. Pyshop uses clear and simple ACLs to manage privileges: - an installer group that can only download release files, - a developer group that can download and upload release files and browse the website, - an admin group that has developer privileges and accounts management. Since pyshop is intended to host private packages, every user, including *pip*, must be authenticated by login and password. Installation ------------ :: $ virtualenv pyshop $ cd pyshop (pyshop)$ source bin/activate (pyshop)$ pip install pyshop (pyshop)$ cp pyshop.sample.ini pyshop.ini (pyshop)$ vim pyshop.ini # change the pyshop.cookie_key setting (pyshop)$ pyshop_setup pyshop.ini (pyshop)$ pserve pyshop.ini start --log-file=pyshop.log You should edit the pyshop.ini file in order to configure the ``pyshop.cookie_key`` and the host:port that hosts the service. When the server is running visit the website, http://localhost:8000/ by default, to check everything is fine. For production usage, you should create accounts with the *developer* group. Visit http://localhost:8000/pyshop/user with the admin account to create accounts. You also should also use an https reverse proxy. Python packaging core uses HTTP basic authentication: it sends user/password in clear. Configuring your environment ---------------------------- Here are all configuration files you will need to modify for usual python tools to use your newly deployed private repository. ~/.pip/pip.conf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Configuration used by pip. This is a user file, you can set a developer or the generic pip account. :: [global] # when mirroring a package, pyshop retrieves information from PyPI and # stores it in its database. Be patient, it is not so long. default-timeout = 120 timeout = 120 [install] index-url = http://pip:changeme@localhost:8000/simple/ Note: If you are using a WSGI server that kills requests if it is too long, like uWSGI or gunicorn, set an appropriate timeout for this service too. setup.cfg and pydistutils.cfg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ setup.cfg and pydistutils.cfg are used when running *python setup.py develop* to install your package or when using *easy_install*. You should use a generic account with installer privileges only, shared by all developers. This setting can be set per project or in user ``$HOME`` (see `setuptools documentation`_ for details) .. _`setuptools documentation`: https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html#configuration-files :: [easy_install] index-url = http://pip:changeme@localhost:8000/simple/ This should work now:: python setup.py develop ~/.pypirc ~~~~~~~~~ Configuration used by setuptools to upload files. All developers should have this configuration in their ``$HOME`` to upload packages. :: [distutils] index-servers = pyshop [pyshop] username: admin # or create an account in pyshop admin interface password: changeme repository: http://localhost:8000/simple/ This should work now:: python setup.py sdist upload -v -r pyshop Missing Features ---------------- Developer cannot add other accounts to give them upload right to their project. This can be done in the database or in the pyshop shell by an administrator. :: $ pyshop_shell pyshop.ini In [1]: pkg = Package.by_name(session, u'pyshop') In [2]: pkg.owners.append(User.by_login(session, u'admin')) In [3]: session.commit() Alternatives ------------ - pypiserver: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pypiserver - localshop: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/localshop - djangopypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/djangopypi - chishop: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/chishop Changelist ========== 0.9.12 ------ - Authorize developper to upload a patched version of a mirrored package without any restriction. Some mirrored package may have bugs that are critical for you, and it's better to get a mirrored package than rely on an external sources. 0.9.11 ------ - Fix support of SQLAlchemy 0.9.x - Fix packaging (missing LICENSE) 0.9.10 ------ - Fix postgresql admin account pages 0.9.8 ----- - Add support for posgresql 0.9.7 ----- - Remove some links in the simple route. - Don't display home pages - Don't display download links in case there is archive available. (That fix some install for south for exemple) 0.9.6 ----- - Fix mirroring of package when the case and underscore are not "correct" 0.9.5 ----- - Fix mirroring of external links browsed (in case it's not a package) 0.9.4 ----- - Fix packaging 0.9.3 ----- - Fix tests for python 2.6 (unittest2 required and be installed manually) - Fix pyramid 1.2 compatibility - Rename command pyshop_install to python_setup - Give the possibility to use the prefix_route via the settings 'pyshop.prefix_route' - Give the possibility to disable xmlrpc servive via 'pyshop.enable_xmlrpc' 0.9.2 ----- - Tolerant underscore/hyphen usage in package name - Tolerant with trailing slash in urls 0.9.1 ----- - Fix unit tests 0.9 --- - add key "pyshop.mirror.cache.ttl" in config file. This settings allow to set the cache time of a package before refresh it on pypi. - add a button in the web interface to force the refresh of mirrored package. This permit to force reset the ttl of a package on the web interface. - add key "pyshop.upload.rewrite_filename" in config file. This settings disable the rename of package file uploaded on the server. - change "satanize" to "sanitize" keys in config file. Modify this settings in your config file after a migration. - add key "pyshop.mirror.wheelify" in config file. This settings require users to use recent version of pip and setuptools virtualenv 1.10.1 is OK. This is experimental. User and Proxy Server must run the same OS on the same architecture to use that feature. 0.8 --- - Use requests for xmlrpc queries too. - validate certificate if https is used - unified proxies configuration (use environment vars) - SAWarning/DeprecationWarning removed - Fix mirroring link for external files 0.7.6 ----- - Mirror the download_url of the release file - Handle hiphen and underscore [fizyk] - Enhance mimetime handling [fizyk] - Bugfixes and DeprecationWarning removed 0.7.5 ----- - Fix package version comparison - Handle bdist_wheel format To handle the wheel format, (some package like Twisted 13 use it), for previous install, you must run a migration script like this. :: $ pyshop_migrate development.ini 0.7.5 The sqlite database file will be altered, YOU MAY backup it before run the script. 0.7.4 ----- - Fix local package usage (broken since 0.7.1) [fizyk] 0.7.3 ----- - Remove all certificates and extra handling for PyPI validation as PyPI now uses a certificate that can be validated without these. [disko] 0.7.2 ----- - Remove unused certificates for pypi validation 0.7.1 ----- - Securize download from pypi by forcing https and validate certificate pypi.python.org certificate chain is embed in the pyshop package - Fix package order on web page 0.7 --- - Sanitize version number on upload. 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Triumph is the world's fastest growing manufacturer. Their recent sales have boomed across the board, with a substantial 22 percent of their total 49, 812 bike sales being attributed to North America. But if the British manufacture is to continue their growth spurt and encourage new buyers from across the pond, they need to address the glaringly obvious gaps in their motorcycle range. There are certain segments where Triumph aren't represented at all. There isn't a small trailie for example or 1000cc sports bike, (despite constant badgering from UK journalists.) But for now, the Hinckley based brand has decided to concentrate on filling the yawning void between their entry-level, 865cc powered Speedmaster and America and their humongous 2.3 litre Rocket III.
Statistics show a massive fifty percent of purchased cruisers are powered by engines between 1401 and 1700cc. So it's no surprise that Triumph have invested a lot of time and energy into producing the perfect sized plug to stem the flow of escaping bike sales, particularly from the US. Of course, that means competing directly with the King-of-all-cruisers, the legendary Harley-Davidson, but Triumph are keen to point out that they are by no means expecting to knock the established Americans off their proud pedestal, or even challenge them to a head-to-head of bike sales. They're more concerned with expanding their own range, and offering an alternative to the Japanese low riders.
The first step was to dismiss the notion of using an air cooled V-Twin engine, (the traditional choice for a cruiser.) In order for the Thunderbird to state a realistic claim on the market, it had to be totally individual and not just another Harley-clone. It had to show dedication to the British heritage. It had to be an unmistakable, traditional Triumph. Hence the liquid cooled 1597cc parallel twin powerhouse. It isn't a bored out Bonnie, or a Rocket III lump minus one cylinder, it's a completely new engine and it's one that's been designed specifically for the Thunderbird. American designer Tim Prentice was also assigned to the project, which started five years ago with a blank sheet of paper and although I've now ridden the result of his efforts through the Spanish hillside outside of Barcelona, I have no doubt that this isn't the end of the story. Not by far.
The Thunderbird is pleasing to the eye. That's the best way to describe it. It's pleasantly inoffensive and subtley enticing, but it's hardly the lairy chromed cruiser that middle aged dreams and cashed in savings policies are made off. But in a way, that's half the attraction. It's a blank canvas that you can make your own by splashing out on lashings of chrome, leather saddlebags or stylized footpegs. And that's just scratching the surface of the one hundred accessories and seven thousand pounds worth of extras available for this bike. And you can bet your bottom dollar this is barely the tip of the iceberg. If the Thunderbird is successful, there could be a whole family of T-bird brothers, all powered by the same smooth engine, but with different styling and characteristics. It works for Harley-Davidson after all.
Triumph are dipping a cautious toe in the cruiser pool with the bike's intentionally conservative styling, because they already consider the engine configuration to be a radical step away from the norm. Despite that, the Thunderbird still manages to capture a sense of quiet elegance and unmistakable quality. It feels and looks like a finished product. Not all cruisers do. The dash fits snugly on top of the wide 22 litre tank and incorporates a chrome surrounded Speedo, two trips, a fuel gauge, clock and distance to empty, which should be quite impressive as Triumph claim the Thunderbird has twenty percent more fuel efficiency than most other cruisers.
But this bike isn't really concerned with a battle for sales, performance or power figures, it's about character. Where Harley-Davidson are famous for their air-cooled engines, the water cooled parallel twin is Triumph's signature dish. And it's delicious. The low revving, muscular mounds of heavy torque are served in a smooth, faultless delivery that satisfies a really lazy appetite to gear changing. There's no need to stir the 'box endlessly to find flavour and punch as you can taste the potential from as low as 1500rpm, with the 85bhp peaking at 4,850 rpm and 108lb.ft of torque poised at lowly 2,500 rpm. Moreover, the transmission uses the first belt drive seen on a Triumph for eighty five years. It's as smooth as the power delivery, totally unobtrusive and dismisses the need for a grimy and higher maintenance chain.
Where cruisers often have the tendency to feel as unsteady as a newborn foal at slow speeds due to the raked out front forks, the Thunderbird's handling feels confident and reassuring at any pace. Triumph have focused their attentions on making it easy and rewarding to ride and as a result, it feels neutral and remarkably manageable. The brakes are strong without being potent, and even if you dive for the front mid corner, the bike won't startle you by suddenly sitting up. For extra security, an ABS version is also available for an additional £600 (and a two tone colour scheme for £295). Tight and tricky u-turns are easily executed, as long as your arms are long enough to cope with the bike's ample steering lock and wide handlebars, and it feels relatively stable in the faster sweepers. Of course, there is a softness to the suspension which becomes evident if you're intent on riding as though you've straddled a sportsbike, but the flip side is a plush comfort that encourages a more relaxed ride. That said, the footpegs will start to drag as you expect more and more lean from the bike, which is inevitable because it handles so well. But although you'll touch down as often as a good American football player, you'll still be scraping the pegs (or aftermarket footboards) less than a typical American cruiser.
The Thunderbird fits the gap in cruiser market as neatly as it was intended to. It certainly has competitive performance and handling within the limitations of the genre. And it has a stronger identity than many Japanese customs. Performance, identity and a string of bling on offer. What more could you ask?
Tech Box
Model Triumph Thunderbird. from £9,499. ABS £10,099
twin tone colour add £295.
Engine 1597cc liquid cooled, parallel twin
Power 85 bhp @ 4,850 rpm
Torque 108 lb.ft @ 2,750 rpm
Transmission 6 speed
Dry Weight 308 kg / 678 lbs
Seat Height 700mm / 27.6 inches
Fuel capacity 22 litres / 4.8 gallons
Fuel economy 53.9mpg with mixed use
Contact Triumph Motorcycles 01455 251700
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